redundant

Adjective
  1. More than is needed, desired, or required (synset 301585713)
    "trying to lose excess weight"; "found some extra change lying on the dresser"; "yet another book on heraldry might be thought redundant"; "skills made redundant by technological advance"; "sleeping in the spare room"; "supernumerary ornamentation"; "it was supererogatory of her to gloat"; "delete superfluous (or unnecessary) words"; "extra ribs as well as other supernumerary internal parts"; "surplus cheese distributed to the needy"
    similar to: unnecessary, unneeded - not necessary
    same as: excess, extra, spare, supererogatory, superfluous, supernumerary, surplus
  2. Repetition of same sense in different words (synset 300552046)
    "`a true fact' and `a free gift' are pleonastic expressions"; "the phrase `a beginner who has just started' is tautological"; "at the risk of being redundant I return to my original proposition"
    similar to: prolix - tediously prolonged or tending to speak or write at great length
    same as: pleonastic, tautologic, tautological

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